From: Rodeo Red <rodeored AT netstep DOT net>
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Subject: compare()
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:02:05 -0500
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On my djgpp compiler I get the error messages below, and  I thought it
might be a compiler specific glitch.  Does anyone know why this does not
compile ?  It compares the last three letters of the word with a string. 


int main()
{
  std::string word = "babies";

  std::string::size_type pos3 = word.size()-3;
  std::string ies("ies");

  std::cout << word << std::endl;
  std::cout << ies << std::endl;

  if (!word.compare(pos3, 3, ies))//line 16:no matching function
 {
    std::cout<< "yes the word ends in 'ies'";
  }  
  

  std::cout << word << std::endl;

  return 0;
}


djgpp compiler messages:test.cpp: In function `int main()':
test.cpp:16: no matching function for call to
`basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<false,0>
>::compare (size_t &, int, string &)'
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/std/bastring.cc:398: candidates are: int
basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<false,0>
>::compare(const basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<false,0> > &, long unsigned int = 0, long unsigned int = basic_string<charT,traits,Allocator>::npos) const
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/std/bastring.cc:417:                 int
basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<false,0>
>::compare(const char *, long unsigned int, long unsigned int) const
c:/djgpp/lang/cxx/std/bastring.h:394:                 int
basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<false,0>
>::compare(const char *, long unsigned int = 0) const